Data Warehouse Software Engineer

Socket.dev; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Unlimited flexible leave

12 paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Babel Street, in Somerville, MA, is seeking a Software Engineer I to join our data team on a hybrid schedule. You will help build, maintain, and support our core data warehouse solutions on Google Cloud Platform, translating reporting requests into clean data models and Looker dashboards.

This entry-level role values strong SQL foundations, attention to detail, and a proactive learner mindset as you collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to deliver reliable analytics and scalable pipelines.

Qualifications

• Foundational SQL skills including joins, aggregations, and window functions.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, ETL/ELT concepts, and data warehousing structures.
• Experience or exposure to building dashboards in Looker (or similar BI tools).
• Familiarity with Python for scripting and Git for version control.
• Proactive learner who takes initiative to solve problems and learn new tech.
• Ability to analyze business problems and translate data needs into structured solutions.
• Strong focus on data quality and accuracy in results.

Responsibilities

• Data Pipelines & Modeling: build and maintain data models and tables in BigQuery; update SQL transformations.
• Business Analysis & Collaboration: translate data needs from analysts and stakeholders into clean tables and views.
• Business Intelligence: develop and optimize Looker dashboards and reports for end users.
• Data Quality & Attention to Detail: write validation queries and row-count checks to ensure data integrity.
• Pipeline Monitoring: monitor Cloud Composer DAGs and daily data loads.
• Performance Basics: apply partitioning and clustering to optimize queries.

Skills

Foundational SQL Skills

Data Warehouse Exposure

BI / Looker Experience

Basic Python & Git

The Mindset (Self-Starter)

Analytical Nature

Attention to Detail

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Git

Job description

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Babel Street is the trusted technology partner for the world’s most advanced identity intelligence and risk operations. We deliver advanced AI and data analytics solutions providing unmatched, analysis-ready data regardless of language, proactive risk identification, 360-degree insights, high-speed automation, and seamless integration into existing systems. Babel Street empower s government and commercial organizations to transform high-stakes identity and risk operations into a strategic advantage . The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world . Babel Street is headquartered in Reston, Virginia , with regional offices in Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH, and international offices in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, and the U.K. For more information, visit www. babelstreet.com .

Job Description:

We are looking for a motivated SoftwareEngineer I to join our data team! In this role, you will help build, maintain, and support our core data warehouse solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will collaborate closely with data analysts and business stakeholders to translate reporting requests into clean data models and Looker dashboards. This is an entry-level position perfect for a self-starter who possesses strong foundational SQL skills, an eye for business analysis, and sharp attention to detail. This would be a hybrid role out of our Somerville, MA office

• Data Pipelines & Modeling: Assist in building and maintaining data models and tables inside Google BigQuery. Help write and update foundational SQL transformation logic to support business analytics.
• Business Analysis & Collaboration: Partner with analysts and business stakeholders to understand their data and reporting needs, translating those requirements into clean, structured tables and views.
• Business Intelligence: Build, manage, and optimize Looker dashboards and reports, ensuring business users can easily access actionable data.
• Data Quality & Attention to Detail: Ensure data integrity and consistency across data marts by writing validation queries and row-count checks to catch discrepancies early.
• Pipeline Monitoring: Help monitor and maintain basic Apache Airflow (Cloud Composer) DAGs written in Python, ensuring daily data loads run smoothly.
• Performance Basics: Learn and apply standard query optimization techniques, including BigQuery partitioning and clustering best practices.

Job Requirements:

• Foundational SQL Skills: Strong command of SQL (joins, aggregations, and familiarity with window functions).
• Data Warehouse Exposure: A solid conceptual understanding of relational databases, ETL/ELT concepts, and standard data warehousing structures (tables, views, and data lakes).
• BI / Looker Experience: Hands-on experience or academic exposure to building dashboards in Looker (or similar BI tools like Tableau/PowerBI).
• Basic Python & Git: Familiarity with Python for basic scripting/automation and comfort using Git for version control.
• The Mindset (Self-Starter): A proactive learner who takes initiative to solve problems and figures out how things work.
• Analytical Nature: The ability to look at a business problem, analyze the underlying data requirements, and implement a structured solution.
• Attention to Detail: Deep care for data quality—you are someone who double-checks your query results and takes pride in data accuracy.

Benefits at Babel Street (just to name a few...)

• Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
• Retirement Plans:Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
• Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
• Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.

Babel Street is anequalopportunity/affirmative actionemployer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration foremploymentwithout regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further,Babel Street will not discriminate against applicants for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-worker,Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination .

In addition, Babel Street's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request, we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

Range for this position based on qualifications and experience

$70,000 - $80,000 USD